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AN ACT authorizing and empowering towns and
cities to appropriate money tor the purpose of
defraying the expense Tor the observance Of
Memorial Day .
Be it enacted, &c, MS follows:
Section l. The towns and cities of the State of
Maine are hereby authorized and empowered to
appropriate money for the purpose OF defrayiug
the expense for the observance OF memorial day.
Section 2. This act sh.al take eiiect when ap
proved. lApproyed February 9, ls31.l
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AN ACT to tix the salary OF the Judge and Regis
ter Of frobite fOr Htn:ur6 County.
Be Il elttteI Nc, a, follows
Stctiou /. From and ilter the first day of JAN
ulry 1T tlc Jt Lord one thousand eight
hundred All! ei-hty->eyen the salary OF the judge
"t prlhttt Tor limcOck county snail be i've hun
diei dollars Il YEAR.
SECTION :. From and after the first day of JAN
uary NJ the year ~ our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and estyseveu the salary OF the register
OF probate tor Hucock county shall be live hun
dred dollars year.
Section 8. Al and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act aie hereby repeated
Section 1. This act shall take effect when APP
proved. Improved january 2S. 1885,
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and sufficient fences; provided, however, that no
barbed wire fence shall be accounted legal and
sufficient. unless it is protected by upper rail
board OF wood [Approyed February .. t3s7.l
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ChHPser 10.

AN ACT to amend section thirteen of chapter
three of the Revised Statutes. to provide com
penSttion for services of Town Agent.
Be it enacted. &c., follows:
Section thirteen of chapter three of the revised
statutes is hereby amended by adding thereto the
following words. 'Eacn town agent shall receive
for his services reasonable Compensation 10 be
paid out of the treasury of the town. So that
said section amended shall read as follows.
section l3. Moderator. town clerk. selectmeri,
assessors and overseers of the poor treasurer au-
ditor school committee and town agent shal! he
elected by ballot and the other said officers by BAL
lot, or other method agreed OH, by vote OF the
town. The town agent shall act under the Ilrec-
ton Of the selectinen and receive such compensl-
ton for his services fixed by vote Of the town.
otherwise as the selectmen shall allow. to be paid
out of the treasury of the town. This act shall
not Affect any cllims or proceedings for services
now pending. lApproved February 3, 1857 ]
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Chapter =.

AN ACT to establish salary tor the Clerk of
Courts in York County.
Be 1t enacted, &c. ls follows:
Section From and after the first day of jan
uiry, eighteen hundred and egity-seven the salary
OF The clerk OF courts for York county shall he
fifteen hundred dollars per nnnum. payabl. quar-
terly from the county treasury, the first DAYS of
January. April July and October of each year,
for the quarters preceding to be III full of ali SER
wees as clerk OF the supreme Judicial court and of
the county commissioners court and he shall
count, under oath, for all fees received by him. or
which he is entitled to receive by virtue OF his
office, and pay them over to the county treasurer
on the iirst days OF January and July of each year
Section 2. This act shall take effect when ap-
proved. [Approved February l, 1871
Chapter s.
AN ACT to repeal section thirteen, chapter sixty
of the Revised Statutes.
Be il enacted, &c, as follows:
Section Section thirteen. chapter sixty, of the
revised statutes, is hereby repealed
Section 2. This act shall take effect when ap-
proved. tApproved February l, 1871
Chnpter0.
AN ACT to further amend section eight of chan
ter twenty-four OF the Revised Statutes Of
eighteen hundred and eighty y-three, as amended
by chapter two hundred and sixtyn of the
Public Laws OF eighteen hundred and eighty five
BE it enacted, &c, as follows:
That section eight OF chapter twenty four of the
revised statutes Of eighteen hundred and eighty
three, as amended by chapter two hundred and
sixty nine of the public laws of eighteen hundred
and eighty-tive is hereby further amended by ad-
ding the following words to the end thereof to
wit And this section shall not be so construed as
10 deprive overseers of the poor of any rights to
remove and support such denendent soldier and
his family liz like manner as they may now do in
the cases OF other dependent PERSONS so that said
section, as amended, shall read as follows:
Section g. No soldier who served by enlistment
in the war of eighteen hundred and sixty one and
who has received an honorable discharge from said
service, and who has or may become dependent up.
any town, shall he considered a paunr or he
-ahiect 20 disfranchse1ent for that cause; hut the
tt.ne s,fin@ wf,ch said soldier il so dependent,
necessary to ciiige his settlement, and this section
NIL not lie 50 Construed to deprive overseers
- !l'c poor OF any rights to remove and support
essh dspandent soldier and his family in like man-
M - they may now do in the cases Of other r..
es'sis"a pessons' o AppIeysd February I. Is6I.I
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legacies devises and bequests and to raise money.
Be 1t enacted. &c, as follows: ~ ~
Section l. Whenever the municipal officers Of
any city town notified i'll writing by the
cutors OF any will, by the trustees created by
virtue OF the terms thereof that devise or beguest
has been made upon conditions, by the testtor OF
said will i'll behalf of said city or town, the mtiui
ciptl officers OF said city town. shall within
ty days after said notice to them, call legal iueet
ing OF the inhabitants OF said city town quail.
hed to vote upon city or town affairs. Said MUM
cip.u officers shall give public notice Iii tleir
rants, of the object OF said meeting. and such
ptler notice said municipal officers shall deem
proper. AT such meeting. the said inhabitants
shall vote upon the acceptance of said conditional
gItt. devise or beuuest, and ii majority OF the
legal voters present. then and there vote to accept
said devise or bequest, i'll accordance with the
terms contained i'll said will, and upon the condi
tons imitr by the testltor said municipal officers
OF sad city or town, shall forthwith notify said
executors or trustees, in writing, OF said acceptance
by said city OF town aforesaid, or the nonuccept-
aucc thereof.
\ Sectionl Whenever tile executors or trustees,
under any will. have fully discharged their duties
respecting the payment, delivery or otherwise or
any devise or bequest to said city or town; and
said city or town have accepted said devise nid be-
quest iii accordance with the conditions of SAID will,
set forth section of this chapter. then said
city or town shall perpetudly comply, and strictly
maintain and keep all the conditions md terms
contained i'll said will by virtue OF which said de-
wise or bcquest was made, and any city or town
so accepting said gift, devise or bequest, and re-
ceivig the sne, enjoying the benefits theretrom.
is hereby authorized to raise money to carry into
effect the requirements and terms of said will by
virtue of which said gitt devise or bequest was
accepted and received. The provisions OF this
chapter shall apply only to gifts, devises and be-
quests given, devised and bequeathed to cities and
towns for educational, benevolent and charitable
parposss and objects, or TOR the care, protection,
repair aud improvement OF cemeteries owned by
Section 3. This act shall tako effect when ap-
proved [ApprV.eu February 4, 1887
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AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred and four
of the Public Laws Of eighteen hundred and
eighty-tive, relating to the records and Indexes
iii the Resistries OF Deeds, which act amended
section fourteen. chapter seven, OF the Revised
Statutes.
Be it enacted, &c, as follows:
section l. Chapter three hundred and four Of
the public laws OF eighteen hundred and eighty
five is hereby amended by striking out the words
county commissioners' in the NTH line thereof,
and inserting the word and also by striking out
the words March ten, eighteen hundred and
eighty-six in the tenth fine thereof and inserting
the words within year from the approval OF
this act also by striking out the remainder Of
said section down to the words provided, how
said alphabetical indexes often once a year.
for which they shall receive reasonable cUmpensa-
ton to he approved by the county commissioners
of the respective counties. and drawn from the
county treasury, so that said section amended
shall read as follows
Section Ia The records in each registry Office
shall be made paper OF tiiie texture, wen sized
and tiuished the principal ingredient of which is
dex to each volume of records, without charge to
the county, and shall make all additional volumes
OF index III the form known as ledger index, 50
that the same surnames shall be recorded together
in each column OF index, and shall change all vol
umcs of index not heretofore revised to said form
within one year from he approval of this act, and
shall revise said alphabetical index as often once
year, TOR which they shall receive reasonable
compensation, to be approved by the county com
mssioners of the respective counties and drawn
from the county treasury. provided, however, that
the county commissioners OF the county OF York
are not obliged to change such indexes for any
volume OF records completed before January One,
seventeen hundred and sixty, and the county COM
mssioners OF the county OF Lincoln before January
one, eighteen hundred and SIXTY
Section 2. The provisions OF this act shall not
apply to, take effect the county OF York
til March one, eighteen hundred and eighty eight.
lApproved February 7, 1871
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CHAPTER l3.

AN ACT to restore the salary of the Clerk Of
Courts of Peuobscot County.
Be it enacted, &c. AS follows:
Section /. From and alter january one, eighteen
hundred and eighty-seveii, the clerk OF courts of
Pcnobscot county shall receive annual salary Of
fifteen hundred dollars and All additional allowance
OF eight hundred dollars per alium tor clerk hire.
Said sums shall be in fui compensation for the
performance OF all duties required cf him by law,
including those performed by him as clerk OF tho
county commissioners. Ut by clerk pro tenpore,
employed by him under section seven, chapter sew
enty-eight. He shall render account vi all tees
OF Office required by law, be responsible for the
same whether collected by him or not and pay the
whole amount to the treasurer Of said county for
the use thereof. One clerk employed by him shall
be known as the deputy clerk, and sworn as such,
and shall give to the clerk. bond for his honesty
and the faithful discharge of his duties.
Section 2. This act shall take effect when ap-
proved. [ApPrOved February !, 1881
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Chapter II.
AN ACT to provide for the descent of intestate es-
tates of and to.Illegitimates, and also to repeal
sections three and four of chapter seventy-fi
of the Revised Statutes.
Be it enacted, &c, as follows:
Sections three and four of chapter seventy five of
the revised statutes hereby repealed, and the
following enacted in lieu thereof:
An illegitimate child born after March twenty
four, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty -four is the heir OF his parents
who ntermarry. And any such child, born at any
time is the heir of his mother. And provided, the
father of an ilegitimate child adopts him or her
into his family, or in writing acknowledges before
Is the father such child is also the heir of his
her father. And in either of the foregoing cases,
such child and its issue shall inherit from its par
ents respectively and from their linea and collat
eral kindred and these from such child and its Is
sue. the same if legitimate. ZAP. Feb. Q. 1887
Chapter rs.
AN ACT to amend section one of chapter twenty.
two of the Revised Statutes, relating to Division
Fences
Be it enacted, &c, as follows:
Section one Of chapter twenty-five of the re-
vised statutes, is hereby amended by striking out
OF the sixth line of said section. the following
words "bnilt since April fifteen, eighteen hundred
and eglty-three" SO that said section - amended,
shall read as follows:
Section /. All fences four feet high and In good
repair, consisting Of rails timber, boards, stone
walls, iron or wire, and brooks, rivefs, ponds,
creeks, bitches and hedges, o. other things which,
in the Judgment Of the fence viswsn having juris.
,Net3se 01sesf, ~ sallyAleae elefsee, ~. .hGpl
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the other ready for any emergency. lie
was allowed TO put on his hat and Boots.
Handouts were then placed on bis wrists
and the psrtv returned TO Nedira CITY
with their prisoner and from thence to
San Antonio arriving mere as before
stated this morricg and lodging Cress-
well IN the county ail. The affidavit by
Boles against Cresswell charges him with
train robbery on the 18Th OF July. The
affidavit has not been made ST random.
The CT minating evidence sgginst Cress.
well Was received short time back When
B0les and Stephens left the city suddenly
for two days. The result of the Journey
was the lodging Of two prisoners in
BJsQue county Nl. The name OF one of
these is sam Jones, but the publication
az the name II the other il reserved
Suffice it to say he is wen-known char
aCter and has made himself conspicuous
BY TURNING STATES EVIDENCE
on several occasions when he was CON
cerned in stage robberies. By diplomacy
this gentleman has been made tc confess
he took an attiVe part in both the Mcneil
and tIatORia train robberies, and J then
told the Officers the nsmes OF sill VINO
were implicated with MIN, hence the
arrest Of Creswell and Jones
There ere three more of the ROB.
bers still at large, but ere this
IS read they will probsoIy
he under arrest The two prisoners in
Bosque county will be brought here in =
day or two. Yesterday afternoon John
Cresswell was brought before Judge
Barnes, acting United States commits
sloner, for preliminary examination. lie
asked Tor continuance and was placed
under 81 $1,000 bond which he has not
procured. Cressweu is : very powerful
man over six feet high and proportioneIly
stout His fsce is
NOT A FREDERICKSBURG ONE.
He has q long and sharp nose with nos
trilS Curving upwards. The cartilege of
the nose has been broken, and this does
not improve his appearance. He has o
long sandy mustache and chin beard. The
face is one in which cunning
predominates, and his steel blue
eyes sparkle with shrewdnegs
CresGwell had on q large white nat, blue
shirt, brown Jeans pants and Well-w0rn
| boots. the heels of which are perfectly
round. This last item might appear to
ne trivial matter were 1t not for the
fact that it WAS noticed that among the
foot tracks made ~ the robbers while
camping near Men .ell some were noticed
IS having perfectly round impressions
in the ground where the heels struck
The boot heels Of Cfesswell make q SINH.
lsr impression to the track found neal
Mcneil, 2 perfect circle. ID is supposed
that CresswelI intended to prove an aIibi
Cresswell has been arrested several times
before on charges of stage robbery, but
has alwAYs managed to prove an alibi.
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National Prison Congress-

TORONTO, ONT, Sept, 12.-The national
prison congress began it's regular bust
nsss meeting this morning in the theater
of the normal school. There was a large
attendance of delegates, and of the gen
eral public, who seemed to take great
interest in the proceedings The SUBJECT
considered was: "The Moral and R.u-
gious care OF Prisoners" under the
auspices Of the chaplains' association.
Rev. Willism Searles of Auburn prison.
n. Y, introduced the subject, and was
followed by other speakers.
President Hayes and Professor WayIand
took luncheon with Professor Goodwin
Smith at Grange yesterday.
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THE GLENN BILL.
1t WIN be Rushed Through tho Georgia
!. Legislature to be Vetoed

Legislature to be Vetoed.
ATLANTA, GA, Sept. I2.-The Glenn
anti educational bill which has lain in the
committee room of the Senate for some
weeks will come in for consideration
Monday, the committee on education
having submitted q substitute. The bin
in its modified form provides thai if any
institution supported wholly or in part
by the state shall receive white and
colored pupils the states aid shall be
immediately withdrawn, also that no per
son educated at an in
shtution receiving both white
snd colored pupils shall be eligible
as teacher in the public schools. The
ideas of the advocates of the measure is
to rush it through quietly. There is a
tsc!t understanding that there will be no
debate. The legislators have consented
to bottle their eloquence in the interest
Of harmony. Both Governor Gordon and
Colonel Glenn have been urged to allow
the bill to 60 by default, but the matter
Is beyond the control of either 1t is an
open secret that Governor Gordon rather
desires it to pass, so that he can veto it.
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California; Governor Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Sept. 12.-Gov-
ernor Washington Bartlett died at the
home of his cousin, Mrs. DR.. Beckel, in
Oakland, at ) O'Clock this afternoon. The
Governor had been in critical condition
for months, and mis- death had been
expected any day during the past two
weeks. His death resulted from a
chronic affection Of the kidneys. Cover
nor Bartlett was native of Savannah,
Ga, and was 63 years of age. He re,
moved to California in 1874 and has lived
here since. He was elected IGovernor on
the Democratic ticket in 1886. He will
be succeeded In cffi;e by Lieutenant Gov
ernor Waterman, who was elected at the
same time on the Republican ticket.
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EssideEce Burned,

Special to the Gazette.
LAMPAsAs, TEX, Sept IA small
fire occurred to-day On the plstform of
the Gulf, Colorado sDd Santa Fe Railway
depot, damaging slightly thirteen bales Of
cotton.
Again, about y O'Clock, the bells rang
the alarm, which proved 20 be the resi-
dence Of Mrs. F. D. Wilkes Owing to
the long distance out, nothing was saved
trcm tire house. 1t was insured for $1,000
in the Niagara, and was a total loss.
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DEAR SIR have received an invitation
kindly rendered me in behalf of the com
merClsl, social and military organizations
OF New Orleans to visit that city during
my contemplated trip to the west and
south. am in receipt OF like invita-
lions from many other localities and [
have delayed action thereupon until l
could determine which OF them my time
aud positive engagements already made
would permit me accept. To my regret
now tild it necessary to send larger
number of replies similar to this. The
trip is to be undertaken for the purpose
OF fulfilling my promises TO visit
81. Louis and Atlanta. The dates
of these visits are fixed, snd as both are
included in & single trip, the Intervening
lime between these two dates is sub
stantially SlI that csn be diverted to
visiting other cities. 1t is a physical
impOssibility under the circumstances, to
accept all the kind aud cordial invitations
WQich have been rendered me, and
have been Obliged to make out route of
travel and select stopping places a.such
cities as are on the way, or which, from
other controlling reasons, it seems most
desirable tC visit st this time am
sure that this plan precludes the pos
slbility OF my accepting of the invitations
from New Orleans, end l trust that the
good people of your city Will not 1T
tribute my failure to comply with their
wishes, so warmly expressed, to any
want of appreciation of their regards or
to the lack of any desire to be their
guest. Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
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a Pre.ent for Mrs. Cleveland.

CHICAGO, ILL, Sept. 12.-The Bohe-
minau Athletic Society which left here six
months SGD for tour in Europe has re-
turn. The members of the party have
brought with them as present for Mrs.
Cleveland magnificent set of garnet
iewelry, consisting Of brooch, ear rings
and chain. The brooch is in the shape of
an eagle holding in its claws three golden
arrows and supported by two standards.
The case containing the set is lined with
white satin, and is inscribed: "To Mrs.
Cleveland, with profound respect, from
the Bohemian eXcursionists TO Prague. ="
A committee will leave for Washington
with the present Wednesday or Thursday
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A Verdict of Not Guilty.

WYANDoTTE. KAN. Sept. u. = The
jury in the case OF George Hamilton,
charged with train wrecking, reported a
Verdict Of not guilty this morning, after
( being in elaboration since Saturday
nprning. Hamilton WAS charged with
geing one Of the strikers who in April
ssTrecked 8 Missouri Pacific freight train
lDnear here and killed two men.
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TIE FIRE RECORD,


NFsFo Ohurch burned,
Special to the Gazette.
BELToN, TEX., Sept. I2.-The negro
Baptist church, wbien was building in
South Bolton, was destroyed by ire st
late hour last night. The cause is an
known, sDd there was no insurance.
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AN NoUNC EME:NT-


patronage
buy 1t with pardonaole of
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TRAPPED THE BIRD.
AhAPFED Tx BIhU.
SAN ANTONIO OFFICERS SAY THEY HAVE

SAN ANTONIO OFFICERS SAY THEY HAVE
TRAIN ROBBER SURE.
Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Sept. 12.-"We've
trapped the bird his TIM cesd sure"
said Constable E Stevens this noting,
and Deputy United States Marshal Boles,
standing by, corroborated the emphatic
assertion. These two officers left the
city on Friday last, their destination be-
ing Medina City in Bandera county
Prior to reaching this place they were
joined by Sheriff Buck Hamilton. From
Medina City they went in westerly di-
rection about twenty miles to the house
of q man named John Cresswell, reach
ing there about daybresk Saturday morn
ing. Sheriff Hamilton knocked at the
door, and calling CresswelI by name, told
him to come out. Cresswell quickly an
swered the summons, and taking Buck
Hamilton for friend named Dr. John
son, shook him by the hand. He started
back, when he WAS informed he was
APRISoNER.
He made no resistance, however, for
Boles was on one side snd Stephens on
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CANNOT 60.

President Cleveland Compelled to DsoIIne
Now Orlnans Invitation.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 1.-THE
following letter from President Cleveland
addressed to the Mayor OF this city was
received to day:
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many gasrs past it has been our
so,,-.irg.sr line to De found in this
! ". and 700, from the great volume
- ~ y, catering to their requirements,
{, : T5:c7 is now complete in all its
:'..A, ,or., suggest and spot cash could
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affidavit has not peen made st random.
The eliminating evidence against Cress-
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ono-vuau INC uiisas evu.uo.a GIN uuu
seen the folly OF marring her natural
beauty.
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iOOV fUu, anu IUuI ICUE.
lighted and is little better than q black
hole. Dir. O'Brien is ia good spirits, a
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of the heart, ia something wonderful TO
see,
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